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They sniff closely to size each other up. She’ll raise her cubs alone devoting herself to them for two, even three years. It’s a huge commitment of time and effort, so it’s vital to pick a male, who will provide strong and healthy genes for her offspring. It looks as though she is going to put this potential suitor through his paces. She leads him up and down the slopes as if she is testing his fitness.

They start to play. Courtship is one of the few times that adult animals play together.

This slope is rather steep for the heavier male. It’s no good, he can’t quite manage it. But she seems to have decided that he might be the one, whilst he seems to have lost interest. It’s her turn to do the chasing and she’s got a few tricks up her sleeve.

That was enough to entice him up again.

New York’s Central Park is a network of meadows, gardens and lakes, which spans more than 50 city blocks. Central Park was America’s first great urban park, created as a place where people from all walks of life could mingle and meditate. 150 years on and surrounded by wall-to-wall skyscrapers of Manhattan Central Park now attracts over 30 million visitors a year.

From wild rambling paths to manicured avenues and lawns, Central Park is a place of many moods. It offers generous open places, like the Great Lawn, and smaller treasures too, like the many sculptures and bridges which dot the park.